Welcome back to another episode of PASCV: Gone Viral!
In this episode of PASCV: Gone Viral, hosts Dr. Ken Gavina and Dr. Logan Patterson are joined by experts Dr. Francesca Lee from UT Southwestern and Dr. David Gaston from Vanderbilt University Medical Center to discuss the hot topic of diagnostic stewardship. Listeners will learn about the intricacies of stewardship, including value-based testing, balancing clinical performance with patient needs, and the art of maintaining strong relationships with providers.
Registration for the 2026 PASCV Annual Meeting is now open! Program information and registration link is down below:
https://www.pascv.org/page/2026_Annual_Meeting
Check out Dr. Filkins' Diagnostic Stewardship article published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology:
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jcm.00941-24
Check out the podcast episode by our friends at "Let's Talk Micro" on Metagenomics and Diagnostic Stewardship:
https://asm.org/podcasts/lets-talk-micro/episodes/metagenomics-in-clinical-microbiology-ltm-218
Link to the Consortium for Clinical Metagenomics in Infectious Diseases:
Link to the ASM Clin Micro Open:
https://asm.org/clinical-public-health-microbiology/clinmicro-open
